Hunting

[POMF POMF]

Do animals have a bleed effect? IE If I fire a arrow into a animal will it slowly bleed out?

[Jaunitta 🌸]

yep, watch the direction it runs usually not too far. Look inside bushes.
Bleed out seems to happen regardless if using a spear or bow and arrows.

[Capuzzi09]

Would be very nice if they leave a bleed trace on the ground. Sometimes there is nearly no chance to find them.
I noticed that a head shot causes instant death (almost always).

[Happyfunball]

They do bleed out, but if I don't have the energy to sprint and/or catch up to them immediately, it doesn't seem like they fall down and die as quickly. But indeed, a head shot usually results in instant kills.

[Capuzzi09]

Well they run away quite a while. It depends on how and where you hit them. And, of course, of your weapon skill.
It happened to me, that one animal ran away after I hit it with an arrow and I tried to follow, but I couldn't and I lost it's trace.
So I decided to search for some fruit and as I roamed through the green, the same animal came by and collapsed directly in front of my feet. That was pure luck, I would never had find it.

Edit: typos.

[blazha]

They do bleed out, but they wont bleed out from 1 arrow. Use spear, bow here is somehow useless for hunting animals, except snakes.

[Capuzzi09]

Originally posted by blazha:

They do bleed out, but they wont bleed out from 1 arrow. Use spear, bow here is somehow useless for hunting animals, except snakes.

Wrong.
With an higher weapon skill they bleed out from one single arrow. Even a headshot with an arrow causes instant death. So the bow isn't useless at all, it just needs time and patience to increase your skill with it. My skill is about 50 or a little higher and my prey is dead in one moment if I manage to do a headshot. If not, they only run for a short time and collaps pretty soon.

[Scar]

i agree with capuzzi, a bow isn't useless, especially against tribals

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Agree higher skills and one clean shot with bamboo spear to the head the animals drop instantly no bleed out.

[boolo captain]

it would be nice to have a practice target to increase your skill.

[Capuzzi09]

Originally posted by 114619:

it would be nice to have a practice target to increase your skill.

There actually is one - kinda...

Travel to the abandoned dock (where you find blueprint for water filter and spearfish trap). Cross the river and on the opposite bank you'll find a turtle. You can't kill a turtle, you can't break through it's shell with any of your weapons. But the turtle will stop wandering. So you can shoot at the turtle as often as you like. Make sure you don't have a knife with you otherwise you might harvest the turtle by accident if you pick up your arrows or your spear.